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Topic: Airbus (Read 13183 times)

My brother thinks he's being funny, but he keeps sending me links to Airbus disasters. I should have known when he asked me details about the flight and what type of jet we were flying on. I've been doing some research and it does appear that most people aboard die when they crash.

Just take a few diazepams and drink some of that white zin, you won't even notice the take-off.

In the meantime, Here are some plane accident statistics:

∑ In 2008, the Air Crash Record Office (ACRO) reported 876 deaths due to airplane accidents and 147 separate airplane crashes. The worst year for airplane crash deaths was 1972, when 3,214 people died in plane crashes. The safest year for plane accidents was 2007, when only 766 people died in plane accidents.

∑ If calculated by distance, planes are 62 times safer than cars and trucks. However, if calculated by journey, planes are three times more dangerous than cars.

∑ Popular Mechanics determined that the safest place to sit in an airplane is near the tail. However, the FAA has put forth that no one seat is safer than any other in a commercial plane.

∑ Half of all plane accidents are caused by pilot error. Pilot error can either be based on a pilot making a mechanical mistake while flying or on a pilot making a poor decision based on weather conditions.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Goodness gracious, I had to google diazepam. My brother said you can't drink anything before boarding. Then again, I think he's enjoying my stress. Sick little bastard, turn about is fair play and I'll get him back. I could probably smoke a little, but I'm sure that would cause a full body cavity search.....think I'll smoke a little. My luck, I'll get that fat ugly bitch from the commericals.

Your brother is winding you up something rotten. You can drink before flying, the trick is to not be noticeably inebriated. Just in case you need to google "inebriated", it means shit-faced, drunk-as-a-skunk, three-sheets-to-the-wind, or just plain drunk. If you appear to be drunk before boarding, they can refuse you.

I remember one time when I was still living in the States and we (me, my then-husband and our 1 year old daughter) were flying back home from a visit to his parents in England. We had our duty-free vodka and whiskey with us and I proceeded to knock a few back (not too much, but enough, apparently), not realising that alcohol can affect you differently at high altitudes and the cabin pressure. I felt fine - just a little buzzed - during the flight, but as soon as we began the decent I became more and more drunk without actually drinking more.

By the time we were going through customs, I was visibly drunk and staggering. The customs guy took one look at us (me struggling to stay upright while carrying one small suitcase, and my poor ex struggling with the rest of the luggage plus our daughter), rolled his eyes, said to my ex "Oh Dear!", took a cursory look at our passports and waved us through. Fastest customs check I've ever had!

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

If anything does happen, please add me to the memorial list. Indirectly, it would still be a death from the result of AIDS.

Even though my brother retired after 22 years in the Air Force, I remember when he enlisted and we saw him off. He cried like a little bitch at the thought of flying so I'll just remind him of that. Out loud on his FB wall....lol

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

AMTRAK is the way to go. It takes longer, but its more fun and you get to see the countryside.

Next, we will graduate to oceanic travel - perhaps starting with the cruise to Hawaii. It takes two weeks altogether. What a delight, but I would probably be a weight comperable to a blue whale when I lgot back. Too muck food on those things.

AMTRAK is the way to go. It takes longer, but its more fun and you get to see the countryside.

Next, we will graduate to oceanic travel - perhaps starting with the cruise to Hawaii. It takes two weeks altogether. What a delight, but I would probably be a weight comperable to a blue whale when I lgot back. Too muck food on those things.

HUGS,

Mark

Trust me, I already did all the research to avoid being that far off the ground. There's no rail service at all out of central Ohio. I'd have to taken a greyhound to Indianaopolis then picked up a train. By the time i'd have made it, you'd have all been gone. I took one greyhound in my life and Bill couldn't afford all the grief it cost him. 3 days to SC and I wasn't a happy faggot. When you reach that point where you fit in, it's time to get the freak off.

Viva Texas. I'm surprised that you haven't posted a pic of yourself in a cowboy hat like some other tired queens that I won't name.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Think about it. If she leaves at first light she can probably make it in her yellow submarine, since she's evidently not flying. Or perhaps she's going to jet-ski to Honolulu and ride a manatee from there. Really, there are so many options.

Goodness, I just realized it's tomorrow afternoon already down there. Did she mean her Friday or our Friday?

Think about it. If she leaves at first light she can probably make it in her yellow submarine, since she's evidently not flying. Or perhaps she's going to jet-ski to Honolulu and ride a manatee from there. Really, there are so many options.

Goodness, I just realized it's tomorrow afternoon already down there. Did she mean her Friday or our Friday?

OK you smart arses...I'm flying into Portland NOT Seattle and we all know it's a much better flight from here to Portland, even in coach....but I do like the idea of getting there via Jet Ski and Manatee.

Goodness, I just realized it's tomorrow afternoon already down there. Did she mean her Friday or our Friday?

She gets here on our Friday, which as near as I can figure is like her Wednesday or something. Her roomchamber cell is ready.

Wolfter, I'm still amazed this will be your very first plane trip. But believe you me, you're going to have a really good time Congrats on going outside your comfort zone. Can't wait to meet you buddy!

Wolfter, I'm still amazed this will be your very first plane trip. But believe you me, you're going to have a really good time Congrats on going outside your comfort zone. Can't wait to meet you buddy!

RAB

I pretty much come from an area that if you can't get there with a 4 x 4, you don't need to go. I'm starting to get the little nervous stomach thingy going on but it'll be ok. Christ sakes, AIDS hasn't killed me yet, so I might as well just do it.

They call it a 'light chop' but as you know it can be a wild ride. The only bumpy part of the trip should be when you pass over the Rockies. Pop that second dose when you reach the Kansas airspace and you will be glad you did.

They call it a 'light chop' but as you know it can be a wild ride. The only bumpy part of the trip should be when you pass over the Rockies.

Oh God the Rockies.., the worst ride I've ever had on a plane was taking off out of Denver at the old Airport which was near the base of the Rockies. Rocking and literally rolling the whole way up with the engines whining and looking out the windows and seeing the wings bending at unusual angles due to the "chop".

We read the book "Alive" when I was about 13 and that probably gave me the freakiness about flying. I eat very little meat and couldn't imagine existing on dead friends for nutrition. This should probably be in the "Am I infected forums", but if we crash in the Rockies and they eat me, can they get HIV?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

HA! This gave me my morning laugh that I needed! Though I'm not a transmission expert and I'm hesitant to disagree with the resident expert Ann, I wouldn't think eating someone with HIV would pose a transmission hazard. The stomach acid should kill any virus, and the mouth issue falls into the category of the theoretical oral sex risk, lol. Or am I off? Wow, I am really over thinking this!

I said "maybe" to eating fresh, raw, hiv positive flesh because you'd be getting more than a small amount of blood in your mouth. As cannibalism is a rarity, I can't see anyone testing this theoretical transmission risk any time soon.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts